GOING TO CHURCH IN SLIPPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 64, 21 December 1878, Page 2

GOING TO CHURCH IN SLIPPERS.

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SiK.—Tii iv : wry many advantage*) connected j tice. For example, slijijj -rs an- usually made with thin tight f.'tfi, mid uf iuntso will nut luako as much iiuiso, rsjK'iiaily on an miearprtvd church 11-jur, as would a pair of heavy bools and hobnails, ur even an ordinary pair of boots or shoes. Then again, slippers arc usually low down, and afford one a line opportunity to display his feet, particularly when encased in clean white tight-lit ting hose without any holes. This | does not apply, of course, to mon with large feet who wear only “clod-hoppers,” n<»r to men uf diminutive feet who mostly prefer a pair oi light-lilting boots or shoes, but again, every hotly docs not wear slippers to church, and of course anyone who docs, is more apt to he " the observed of all observers and therefore to have the attention of the audience attracted to his particular pair of feet, instead even of •ionic delicately formed female foot which might incautiously obtrude itself from beneath a feminine fabric. Vet again, slippers are an excellent substitute when one's shoes or boots are not clean, and one has no one to clean them, or nothing to clean them with, or is too wearied to polish them up himself. And fliey stand one in still better stead when lie has no shoes to clean, ilut perhaps it is wrong to connect the idea ot tidiness with going to church in slippers. I here are some disadvantages connected with wearing slippers to church, but they are hardly worth mentioning beside the advantages; for what dues T matter if one docs get his toes trod on occasionally ( the hurt is soon over, and allords an excellent opportunity for a little exhibition of politeness wiiica might not otherwise have happened. One mignt abo get his feet wet on a rainy day, or lose a slipper in the mud, out of .’Samoa, and be provoked to profanity changed to a smile, if a fair friend

should happen along; but slippei-s are cheaper than shoes, if one does loso one in the mud, that is common slippers such as those worn to chui-c.li ; for wlio would tiii uk of wearing gay-coloured or worstedniadc parlour slippers to church. And now, Mr. Editor, after this profound dis-.|iii-.-;,.n ,u —■- i: <,_; lo church in -i: {.;.--;-. you may thitiK ! nave seen soineune tliere in li] ]ei •. and he may think so, but how can I nelp what you think, or what he thinks, any more than either of you can help what 1 think ! One can't help thinking, and usually thinks about what lie sees, iji- wants to see. Thoughts are free, and they will go where our eves d i, and often ivnei-e tiiey d > not. Th iy ||y like eagh'S, or is it arrows I through the air, and are peering a.mil everywuei'o. MoHAl..—\\ neu yea go to church in slippers always keep your feet where t! '.vh ■ o m't, and v,,,n't. an I can't wear them to. and in church, will not he aide t i see them ; and always make sure luat your slippers are good and your hose clean. Enrol t shale y slippers, and soiled ho.se, or hose with holes m, are not permissible in tho sanc'tuary o l the Sabbath. I'.icy distract one's attention, excite his risibilities, and prevent pious thoughts. A .School Hoy's Essay. Apia, Samoa, Dec. 17th, Is7s.

to nit; i:i>;r.'i: uf cut: -am >a times, Nik, Ah Mr. T. M. Dawson, who eiaino i > ho attorney for Ihr Kiiemmoni !■> '■ Vfutfiil l'ojy»e»ia I.lml anil Cumnwrn il I ~„,;,■:.,>/. has, by public notice which appeared in your last issue, laid down the gauntlet iisplaving an ardent desire l.i prosecute. I Leg in like public manner to take up tie■ glove by informing him, through th" medium of yourcolumiis, that 1 am perfectly read} lo accept service of process on behalf of Messrs. Nathan and Co., and tho so r he commences his prosecution the better will my clients be satisfied.

With rospeel to the legality of Messrs. Nathan and Cos. action in tho nutter, I do not doubt thai who'n Mr. Dawson declared il to be illegal lie quite believed it to be so, but the extract-, hereafter contained will show that his conclusion is opon to question, Messrs. Nathan and Co. have not attempted to treat their security as if it were a conveyance or to claim that undofeosible title to absolute possession which a foreclosure would give thorn, so tho section in the " Califoruian C0d..." quoted by Mr. Dawson .lues not at all apply. But they do claim that they have a right to possession of the mortgaged property until tho money secured be repaid or until they receive (heir money from tho rents or by a talo under the power of side.

" Tlic mortgagee lias several remedies tor tho recovery of the mortgage money. He may foreclose the equity of redemption ; he may sell under the power of sale contained in his mortgage; he may site at law on the covenant for payment of principal and interest or In may enter into pouettion »/' tin property and pay himself out of the nuts." Pridoaus Conveyancing, vol. 1., i:;o. The la.-t o| the remedies above menHorn d is thai which has been adopted by M". ira. Nathan and Co. An 'in in Ki lith i n tie' Law of Real • • ■ I ■ ■ op rty, |..,-,> 378t • 1,,. ■ i tititled to ol tie' lauds and ■ rents and proßl i, He may ~i,u.i li a .ij subject (o thu equity of re-

deoption and mii bj ei< *b* at with .mt notice any tease* that have been mad.by the motifrgoi with >ut t" renet subsequently to his mortgage. He most however account for the nuts be receives and pay an occupation rani to the mortgagor for such part aa he may ession.' \ ... •- v Si -i '•■: Hilts Chancery easea ITiiited States) The is at c immou law entitled to p-.--.-~-i. :i having the legal title and after default may by notice to the tenants of nonpayment oompel the payment of rout to himself. The above is a!- isupp irtod by the following United States cases,—Bell v Mayor of New York, 10, | age *0; Quinn vßrittain'l Hoffmann, »J3; Ungthorp v H»ok, 1 (Jill and J, i 7(»; Morrison v Mc Lend. -1 Ired, K); aud other British and American authorities tu'> numerous to cito in this'letter. ' I am, &c, RICHAKD IItTUKKIXGTO.V, Solicitor for L. D. Nathan and Co.